CVE-2016-1503

Published: Apr 18, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other products, mismanages option lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a malformed DHCP response, aka internal bug 26461634.

Affected (23)

Products: Dhcpcd Project: Dhcpcd · Google: Android

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd	Up to 6.9.4

Configuration B

22 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	Version 4.0.1
Google Android	Version 4.0.2
Google Android	Version 4.0.3
Google Android	Version 4.0.4
Google Android	Version 4.0
Google Android	Version 4.1.2
Google Android	Version 4.1
Google Android	Version 4.2.1
Google Android	Version 4.2.2
Google Android	Version 4.2
Google Android	Version 4.3.1
Google Android	Version 4.3
Google Android	Version 4.4.1
Google Android	Version 4.4.2
Google Android	Version 4.4.3
Google Android	Version 4.4
Google Android	Version 5.0.1
Google Android	Version 5.0
Google Android	Version 5.1.0
Google Android	Version 5.1
Google Android	Version 6.0.1
Google Android	Version 6.0

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (12)

http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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